Mary Jo Kruse photo Okay, no, this pumpkin above didn’t grow in Houston. This monster “winter squash” behind which Sam Kruse and I are standing resides at a nursery in New England. Brenda Beust Smith photo But THIS pumpkin below did grow in Houston, up in a ligustrum tree! It was about 4 years ago […]
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Brenda Beust Smith photo Coral vines are starting to come into bloom. Be sure you loosen the root system before planting a container-grown one from the nursery. One problem with buying plants is that we have no way of knowing how long they’ve been sitting on the shelf. Nurseries need plants to be in bloom […]
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A number of readers responding to my Sept. 8 blog post on the increased numbers of hummingbirds this year have recommended feeders with foot-rests for the fall travelers. One of these readers, E Ursula Andres, has in her backyard 30 feeders (one’s pictured below) which she’s fillling with over 8 cups of homemade nectar daily. […]
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Brenda Beust Smith photo Coral porterweed is among the summer bloomers attracting hummers to my garden. Beverly Logan photo Beverly Logan’s Hummingbird Bottle Tree is an absolute — and very successful — delight. The other day I looked out at one of my hummingbird feeders and there were five hummers fighting for the four stations. […]
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